About curly herissantia
Herissantia crispa is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names bladdermallow and curly abutilon. It is native to the tropical Americas but it can be found throughout the tropical and warmer temperate world as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. This is a perennial or sometimes annual herb growing up to about 1.5 meters in maximum stem length, usually taking a trailing or creeping form. It is coated in whitish hairs. The oval or heart-shaped leaves are up to 7 centimeters long with rippled edges. The inflorescence is a solitary flower emerging from a leaf axil, borne on a long-haired pedicel which is half erect and then jointed downward.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Abutilon crispum
- Genus
- Abutilon
- Family
- MALVACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub, dry deciduous forests, also roadsides
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malesia and America
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
curly herissantia belongs to the Malvaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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